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Peer reviewedWeatherly, C. Diann – Journal of Government Information, 1996
Offers a case study of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, library without depository status, which maintains a government documents collection through microfiche and subscriptions and compares it to depository libraries in terms of staff, shelving, binding, collection analysis, and quality of service. The future of electronic government…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Depository Libraries
Peer reviewedSmith, Diane H. – Government Publications Review, 1990
Discusses the workability of federal depository libraries in dealing with information in electronic format (i.e., optical discs, compact discs, and databases available through mainframe computer access), and presents results of two surveys designed to assess the attitudes and practices of depository libraries toward electronic information. Copies…
Descriptors: Databases, Depository Libraries, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
